FORBES AFRICA PER­SON OF THE YEAR GALA DIN­NER

South Africa’s for­mer chief di­rec­tor of pub­lic prose­cu­tions Thuli Ma­dosela is the 2016-17 Forbes Africa Per­son of the Year.

She was feted dur­ing an el­e­gant gala din­ner hosted by CNBC at the Radis­son Blu Ho­tel in Up­per­hill, Nairobi. Tan­za­nian Pres­i­dent John Pombe Magu

fuli was also one of the nom­i­nees for the award that seeks to honour the per­son who has had the ‘most in­flu­ence on busi­ness through­out the year’. In at­ten­dance were Bank M Tz founder and CEO San­jeev Ku­mar, AfDB di­rec­tor gen­eral Gabriel Man­gustu, Africa Wildlife Foun­da­tion pres­i­dent Kaddu Se­bun